Sausage-stuffer.



G. J. SAYBR.

SAUSAGE STUPFER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 191s.

1,109,548. Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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SAUSAGE-STUFF ER.

Specipcaton of Letters'latent.

.Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

Application ined my 14, 19.13. serial No. 778,994.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, GrEORcu-iy J. SAT/ER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chi-f cagofn the county `of Cookl and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sausage-Stuifers, of

which the following is a full, clear, concise,

and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. t

My invention relates to sausage stuffing machinery and has for `its object the provision of-an improved device of this character in which a removable head is provided for the cylinder of the machine in combination with suitable devices. which will pre` vent the piston from leaving the cylinder should the head be removed from the cylinder. t

My invention further contemplates means in connection with the cylinder head whereby it is adjustable so that the outlet tubes may be set to face in any one of a given number of different directions. By this I mean that the cylinder head which has the outlet tubes can be rotated throughout the greater portion of 360 so that it can face in any desired direction, so that the machinewhen standing near a wall can have these outlet tubes pointing in the most convenient direction desired. The cylinder head is mounted upon a swinging bridge and when this swinging bridge is rotated out of its normal position, the cylinder head may-.bethus rotated to whatever position desired. f y

. I am describing herein one specic form which my invention may take without meaningl to have it understood that this is the only formiof vmy invention, the particular merely. This particular form is set kforth in and will be described in connection with the yaccompanying drawings, 4in' which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view cylinder head; Fig. 2 isa top view partly in section, illustrating the cylinderhead and theprotective means used to prevent egress of the piston; Fig. 3 is a side view of the upper portion of the cylinder and my iinproved cylinder head, and Fig. 4 is a top view thereof.

y My improved device consists of a cylinder 1 in which a piston 2 is adapted to oscillate,

the piston being adapted to force sausage y meat out through openings of tubes 3 and 4 provided upon the cylinder head 5. The cylinder head 5 has an annular groove 6 conical in cross-section as shown, so as to engage with a conical projection 7 provided upon the cylinder to effect a good joint.

The cylinder head 5 is pivotally mounted upon a shaft 8, which shaft has a head 9 and a restricted neck 10 by means of which through the agency of the collar 11 the said cylinder head is rotatably mounted upon said shaft 8. The shaft 8 through the vagency of the screw threads 12 isv mounted in a bridge 18. The upper end of the shaft 8 is provided with a andle 14 so that it may be rotated.

, It will be seen of course with the bridge I 13 inthe position shown, operation of the handle 14 will serve either to press the cylinder head down tightly upon the cylinder or else to elevate the same so as to remove the groove 6 from the projection 7. The

bridge 13 by means of the bearing 15 is rotatably mounted upon the stud 16 secured in the ear 17 of the cylinder. The nut 18 yholds the bearing 15 in place upon the stud. .The

opposite extremity of the bridge member 13 is bifurcated forming the two arms 19 and 20 which "are adapted to coperate with a swinging bolt 21 pivotally mountedupon the shaft 22. The shaft 22 is secured within ears 2.3,provided upon the cylinder 1. When the bolt 21 is in the position shown in Fig. 1'-, it of course prevents elevation of that yparticular extremityy of the bridge member 13, and through the agency of the handle 14 thecylinder head may be screwed tightly into place. Now should it' be desired however to 'open the cylinder, then the bolt 21 is swung outwardly asl shown in dotted lines at 211l in Fig. 3., whereupon kthe cylinder head havingvbeen previously'raised torclearthe projection 7, said bridge meniber 13 together with the cylinder head may be swung about the stud 16 `for instance,

into the dotted position shown at 5a in Fig.

l2. The bearing 15 is provided with an overof the piston. In this way it will bevseen that as the cylinder head is swung out of the way, other means partly cover the opening to prevent escape of thepiston.- The 5 overhanging portion 24 is provided at 25 with a cut-away portion'so that should 'it really be desired to permit removal of the piston, that then this bridge 13 is swung around 180O `from the position occupied in Fig. 4., and under that condition the cutaway portion registers with the inner wall of the cylinder so that the piston may come out. also provided with a pair` of screws 26, 26 which are normally in place and which prevent rotation oic the bridge 13 throughout any arc of 180 unless said screws are actually removed, which would have to be done before lthe machine could be put in position to permit removal of the piston. The cylinder head, as before stated, has two pipes 3 and 41 which lead outwardly to conduct the sausage meat from within the cylinder. These tubes, it may be at ltimes desirable to point in diiiierent directions for instance from that shown in Fig. 4;. My improved construction has means to accomplish this result. For this reason each of the projections froin these outlet pipes is provided with a socket 27, 27 and a further socket `28 is provided upon one of the ribs of the cylinder head. These sockets are adapted to cop'erate with a plunger 29, which plunger is seated within a bearing 30 provided in the bridge 13. A spring 31 normally presses the plunger downwardly and the thumbpiece 32 permits elevation oi this plunger out of the socket so that the cylinder head 5 may be rotated into a desired position. This plunger 29 may cooperate with one of the other sockets to again hold this cylinder i head 5 against further rotation after it has been placed in its desired position. It will thus be seen that the cylinder head 5 being rotatable maybe moved to occupy any one of a plurality of predetermined diierent n positions to therebychange the direction of the outlets 3 and lto accommodate the placing of other apparatus as may be required. 'From whatl has been described it is thought that the nature of my invention will be clear, as will 4also the fact that changes and modiiications maybe readily made without departing fromits spirit.

of my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a machine' of the character described the combination with a cylinder, oi'

a cylinder head, means for carrying the cylinder' head and moving'the same into and out of position, and means provided upon said last laforesaid means adapted when said cylinder head is movedaway from its position of closure, to project beyond the rlhe overhanging portion 24 is Having vhowever thus described one form finder head.

3. In a machine of the character described the combination with a cylinder, of a cylinder head, means for rotatably carrying said cylinder head, and a locking device [interposedv betweensaid means and said cylinder head, said locking device including a vspring pressed plunger and a socket.

Il. In a machine of the character described the combination with a cylinder, of a cylinder head, a bridge for rotatably carrying said cylinderl head, and locking device interposed between said bridge and said cylinder head, said locking device including a spring pressed plunger and a socket.

5. In a machine of the character described the combination with a cylinder,o'f a cylinder head, a bridge for rotatably carrying said cylinder head, and a loc-king deviceinterposed between said bridge and said cylinder head, said locking device including a lspring ypressed plunger and a plurality of sockets carried'by said cylinder head.

6. In a machine of the character described the combination with a cylinder, of a cylinder head, means for carrying the cylinder head and moving thev saine into and out of position, anda bracket provided upon said last aforesaid means adapted when said cylinder head is moved away from its position of closure, to project beyond the inner wall of said cylinder Vto prevent escape ofthe piston.

7. In a machine of the character described the combination with a cylinder, ofa cylinder head, means for carrying the cylinder head and moving the same int'oand out of position, and a bracket provided upon said last aforesaid means adapted when said cylinder head is moved away from its position otclosure, to project beyond the inner wall of said cylinder toprevent escape of the piston, said bracket' having a cut-away portion so that whensaid means is moved a given distance away from its normal position, said cut-awayfportion registers with lthe inner wall of said cylinder to permit escape of said piston. y

8. In a machine of the character described the combination with a cylinder, of a cylinder head, means for carrying the cylinder head and moving the same into and out of '.-i

so that when said means is moved a given distance away from its normal position said cut-away portion registers with the inner wall of said cylinder to permit escape of said piston, and removable stops provided upon said bracket to prevent said bracket occupying the registering position aforesaid without removal of said stops.

9. In a machine of the character described the combination with a cylinder', of a cylinder head, a rotatably mounted bridge for carrying the cylinder head to move the same into and out of position, and a projection provided upon said bridge adapted to overhang the inner wall of said cylinder .when said bridge is moved away from its normal position of cylinder closure.

l0. In a machine of the `character described the combination with a cylinder,of a cylinder' head, a rotatably mounted bridge for carrying the cylinder head to move the same into and out of position, a projection provided upon said bridge adapted tooverhang the inner wall of said cylinder when said bridge is'v moved away from its normal position of cylinder closure, and a removable holding device or the unmounted eX- tremity of said bridge.

ll. In a machine of the character described the combination with a cylinder, of a cylinder head, means for carrying the cylinder head and moving the same into and out of position, means provided upon said last aforesaid means adapted when said cylinder head is moved away from its position of closure, to project beyond the inner wall of said cylinder to prevent escape of the piston, and means provided upon said first aforesaid means to force said cylinder' head in place upon the cylinder.

l2. In a machine of the character described the combination with a cylinder, of a cylinder head,.means for carrying the cylinder head. and moving the same into and out of position, and means provided upon said last aforesaid means adapted when said cylinder head is moved away from its position of closure, to project beyond the inner vwall of said cylinder to prevent escape of the piston, said last aforesaid means including a screw threaded shaft.

Inwitness whereof, l hereunto subscribe my name this fifth day of J une, A. D. 1913.

GEG. J. SAYER.

TWitnesses:

l/VM. A. CHAPIN, JOHN M. PETERSON.

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